While the White House insisted there wasn't a single factor behind Cohn's resignation (as if that makes it better), Cohn threatened to leave last week if Trump launched a trade war, and then Trump went and launched a trade war, so.

Gary Cohn is resigning today because while neo-Nazis and treason might have been bad, these darn tariffs just went too far!

Cohn is Jewish, and "the term 'globalist' has also been used as an anti-Semitic dog whistle and echoes pernicious anti-Jewish conspiracy theories," explains Ben Sales at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

"For the far right, globalism has long had distinct xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic overtones," adds Liam Stack at his "glossary of extremist language" in The New York Times. "It refers to a conspiratorial worldview: a cabal that likes open borders, diversity, and weak nation states, and that dislikes white people, Christianity, and the traditional culture of their own country."

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Gary Cohn Jumps Ship to Dogwhistled Anti-Semitism

Gary Cohn, Donald Trump's chief economic adviser, announced yesterday that he is resigning.

Gary Cohn resigned on the same day Trump was again bragging about how everyone wants to work in his White House.

While the White House insisted there wasn't a single factor behind Cohn's resignation (as if that makes it better), Cohn threatened to leave last week if Trump launched a trade war, and then Trump went and launched a trade war, so.

Gary Cohn is resigning today because while neo-Nazis and treason might have been bad, these darn tariffs just went too far!

Cohn is Jewish, and "the term 'globalist' has also been used as an anti-Semitic dog whistle and echoes pernicious anti-Jewish conspiracy theories," explains Ben Sales at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

"For the far right, globalism has long had distinct xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic overtones," adds Liam Stack at his "glossary of extremist language" in The New York Times. "It refers to a conspiratorial worldview: a cabal that likes open borders, diversity, and weak nation states, and that dislikes white people, Christianity, and the traditional culture of their own country."

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